President Irfaan Ali on Friday night officially opened Guyana Festival 2026 with a call for unity, healing and national togetherness as Guyana prepares to celebrate 60 years of Independence. Speaking at the Providence Stadium before thousands gathered for the opening of the cultural showcase, Ali said Guyana’s diversity must become a source of strength rather...

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President Irfaan Ali says Guyanese cricketer Gudakesh Motie has become a symbol of national pride and unity, joking that the left-arm spinner “fell to his own success” after being snapped up early during recent CPL franchise league drafts. Speaking Friday evening at the opening of the Guyana Festival 2026 celebrations at the Providence Stadium, President...

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ExxonMobil Guyana has returned as a sponsor of the fifth anniversary edition of the ECONOME Business Conference, deepening a partnership that organizers say is helping to expand entrepreneurship, innovation and youth empowerment across Guyana. Now entering its fifth year, the ECONOME Business Conference has grown from a small business podcast into one of Guyana’s emerging...

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(Kaieteur News) – Andrew Seegobin, a construction worker of John’s Village, Port Mourant, Corentyne, was on Friday sentenced to 18 years in jail for the 2023 killing of his friend at a rum shop in the village. The trial commenced on March 9, 2026. On March 16 last, a 12-member jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict […]

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…questions Govt’s use of state resources to defend Exxon (Kaieteur News) – Chartered accountant and prominent attorney, Christopher Ram has criticized the recent decision by the Court of Appeal to overturn Justice Sandil Kissoon’s 2023 ruling which ordered ExxonMobil to provide Guyana with an unlimited parent guarantee for oil spills. In an invited comment, Ram who […]

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(Kaieteur News) – The Government of Guyana has formally protested to Venezuela over what it describes as two “hostile attacks” by armed groups operating from the Venezuelan side of the border against Guyana Defence Force (GDF) patrols along the Cuyuni River. The note filed by John Barsa of Confidential Strategy with Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) […]

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